Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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